[A case of lupus pancreatitis (?) in systemic lupus erythematosus]

The cause of death of a 52 year old female suffering from disseminated lupus erythematosus was acute (steroide-induced?) pancreatitis. Histologically in the pancreas spontan nucleophagocytosis, leukophagocytosis, erythrophagocytosis, presence of haemtoxylin-body-like structures could be revealed by HE, methyl-green-pyronin staining and by Feulgen reaction.